A B737 was dispatched with gen 1 MEL'ed. During climb out gen 2 dropped off the line. An emergency w...

Attributes
ACN	862344
Time
Date	200911
Local Time Of Day	0601-1200
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZ.Airport
State Reference	US
Environment
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	B737-400
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Cruise
Flight Plan	IFR
Component
Aircraft Component	AC Generation
Person 1
Function	Captain Pilot Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Events
Anomaly	Aircraft Equipment Problem Critical

Narrative:

After pushback gen 1 could not be brought on line. Advised dispatch and maintenance control. Decision was made to proceed to our scheduled destination on APU and gen 2. At about fl 200; gen 2 dropped off line. Declared an emergency with ATC and landed at a nearby airport. Dispatching with only two generators and subsequent loss of another created in flight emergency.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A B737 was dispatched with Gen 1 MEL'ed. During climb out Gen 2 dropped off the line. An emergency was declared and the flight diverted to nearby airport.

Narrative: After pushback GEN 1 could not be brought on line. Advised Dispatch and Maintenance Control. Decision was made to proceed to our scheduled destination on APU and GEN 2. At about FL 200; GEN 2 dropped off line. Declared an emergency with ATC and landed at a nearby airport. Dispatching with only two generators and subsequent loss of another created in flight emergency.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of April 2012 and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.

A B737 was dispatched with gen 1 MEL'ed. During climb out gen 2 dropped off the line. An emergency was declared and the flight diverted to nearby airport.